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Executive Vice-President Fitto and Commissioner Dombrovskis are invited to the 22nd Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD), scheduled for 9 February 2026. The RRD is the mechanism by which the European Parliament exercises democratic oversight over the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) according to the RRF Regulation. The previous RRD took place on 24 November 2025.

The 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its signing on 25 October 1980. This in-depth analysis considers its successes and the challenges it faces, what we have learned so far, and what may be realistically achieved in its future operation, to ensure that it maintains its critical support and relevance for the contemporary global community it serves. The European Parliament’s current and potential role in this exercise is considered as part of this in-depth ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), examines the added value that the Brussels IIb Regulation and the 1996 Hague Convention bring to the 1980 Hague Convention. This enhanced framework enables 26 EU Member States to ensure the prompt return of abducted children while protecting their best interests, and its further improvement calls for continued joint ...

This briefing has been prepared for the exchange of views with the Chair of the European Fiscal Board (EFB), scheduled for 29 January 2026. It provides background information on the EFB’s mandate, and summarises the Board’s two main annual publications - the Annual Report and the Assessment of the euro area fiscal stance - as well as other relevant contributions recently published by the EFB. Further information on the EFB’s revised role within the reformed governance framework is available in a ...

This is the tenth edition of an annual EPRS paper aimed at identifying and framing many of the key issues and policy areas that will feature prominently in public debate and on the political agenda of the European Union over the coming year. The topics analysed encompass, the next long term EU budget, Ukraine's integration into the EU, defence, EU-China relations, the impact of artificial intelligence on the web, the potential of startup companies, irregular migration, climate policy, action for ...

The ECB’s Governing Council set up a High-Level Task Force to recommend simplifications of banking regulation and supervision, chaired by Vice-President Luis De Guindos. On 11 December 2025, the ECB published the task force’ report. This briefing reviews and analyses the proposals and provides context in view of the ECON committee exchange of views with Vice-President De Guindos on 15 January 2026.

In this background paper, the authors trace regulatory and policy proposals for further EU action for an added role of the EU in solving some aspects of the health workforce challenge. The authors sketch the legal competences of the EU in this sphere to take legislative action, list and analyse the proposals that have been put forward at various levels including the European Parliament. The authors also present the different policy and legal options that can be considered for adoption.

This briefing analyses the implementation of the new economic governance framework in its second year of application. In particular, after discussing recent economic developments, it assesses results and roll-out of the new framework of fiscal coordination and surveillance as reported by the Commission in its 2026 Autumn Package. It also describes the current state of play on the implementation of the national escape clause for defence spending before focusing on the current excessive deficit procedures ...

In preparation of the Economic Dialogue on the launch of the 2026 European Semester for economic policy coordination with Executive Vice-President Mînzatu and Commissioner Dombrovskis on 15 December 2025, this briefing note covers the main elements of the 2026 European Semester Package proposed by the Commission, notably the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure, the Joint Employment Report, the Euro Area policy recommendations and on-going work to strengthen the EU’s global competitiveness.

On 17 July 2025, the Commission released its proposal for the MFF for the 2028-2034 period.The European Parliament’s Committee for Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) has requested this briefing to analyse how the proposed 2028-2034 MFF would provide funding for climate and environment objectives. The proposed MFF introduce a horizontal 35% spending target for climate and environment, and streamlined 'do no significant harm' principle.The proposed NRP Fund and European Competitiveness ...